I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 57 Perfect Implementation

The next day, Emperor Ling did not summon all the officials immediately. Instead, he first summoned close ministers such as Sangong, Jianyi, and Yilang, as well as the three founding generals, Erhe and Dong.

After everyone had arrived, Emperor Ling took out the two memorials that Liu Bian and Lu Zhi had completed together.

After everyone had finished reading, Emperor Ling asked: "How do you think my son's strategy compares to Zhou Mu's?"

He Jin was initially a little suspicious when he saw the familiar font, but now when Emperor Ling said it, he praised it out of habit.

Emperor Ling waited patiently for him to finish, then named Cui Lie and asked, "What do you think, Lieutenant?"

Cui Lie had no objection: "If we want to set up a supervisor, with a low and powerful position like a governor, we must arrange his subordinates in the county, and also have them supervise the governor's recruitment of military power. But I don't know what the official rank of this supervisor is ?”

Situ Xuxiang, who was sitting next to Cui Lie, gritted his teeth. Cui Lie had already become a lieutenant, why did he still want to do Situ's job?

When he came, he was reminded by Zhang Rang that he must unswervingly support Shi Hou.

After finally waiting for the opportunity to speak, Xu Xiang immediately said: "According to the regulations, the official rank of the governor is one hundred stones, but the supervisory work is different. He needs to go to the county, and he can be under the governor or the county magistrate, and the rank is six hundred stones. As for the government It belongs to the assistant staff and can be set up with reference to the history of the governor."

There is actually nothing wrong with what he said. After all, for an official who can write secret memorials at any time and go straight to the chancellor's desk, a rank of one hundred stones is not appropriate.

After discussing with Lu Zhi last night, Liu Bian decided to first set the end point of the secret memorial as Shangshutai.

In fact, as soon as Emperor Ling asked the question, the smart people present had already figured out the hidden meaning of Emperor Ling.

Cao Song was so clever. Seeing that Xu Xiang supported Shi Hou, he immediately knew what to do and expressed his support directly.

Guanglu doctor Zhu Jun put forward suggestions and questions: "If you are worried that the governor does not know the soldiers, you can promote the soldiers in the governor's mansion to work, and they will be appointed by the Taiwei mansion. If there is chaos, the soldiers can be used to help the governor lead the troops. However, if the governor's original subordinates If we have no generals and recruit troops in a hurry, we will only end up with a rabble.”

Before Liu Bian could speak, He Jin said, "If Dr. Guanglu has any ideas, you might as well say so."

Zhu Jun didn't care about He Jin's attitude. He had served as governor and prefect.

After receiving the signal from Emperor Ling, he replied: "The governor's government has less than a hundred standing guards. If we want to quickly expand the army to three to five thousand in wartime, we must have five hundred or more standing guards under the governor." Thousands of people.”

Liu Bian became entangled when he heard this. His original intention was to prevent the governor from taking charge of the army in peacetime.

But Zhu Jun’s words also make sense.

The purpose of giving the governor cheap military power is to quickly quell the chaos. If the governor brings a bunch of rabble to deliver food, then it is better to maintain the status quo!

Moreover, if the soldiers of the governor oversee the county guards have no combat effectiveness, and food and grass also need to be supplied by the counties, then I am afraid that there will be a possibility of a reversal of priorities.

Liu Bian thought about whether he could use the official positions of county captain and bandit in the county. He immediately realized that in the event of a rebellion, the county guard would also recruit more county soldiers.

Only in this way, it is even more necessary for the DPRK to restore the past of sending envoys to supervise the army when the governor leads the army.

He said: "What Dr. Guanglu said makes sense, but does the Taiwei Mansion need to appoint military officers based on the governor's recommendation?"

"Nature requires it."

Liu Bian considered that the current delegation of power to the governor was only a transitional product when the aftermath of the Yellow Turban was still lingering and thieves were everywhere, and was not the norm.

After all, Liu Bian will definitely continue to carry out reforms in the future.

So he only emphasized the necessity of sending envoys to monitor the army and said nothing more.

However, Lu Zhi couldn't help but add something, and he had the foresight to ask the supervisor not to interfere in the military's decision-making at will.

After that, everyone filled in the loopholes and finally perfected the two memorials to the point where they could be directly implemented. Everyone worked together, but Dong Chong was the only one who wanted to oppose it. However, under the support of everyone, he could not find a reason to oppose it for a while.

Only when others made suggestions did I suddenly realize it and regret it in my heart - "It turns out there is this loophole. I should have thought of it earlier."

After the completion, Emperor Ling finally summoned all officials to discuss the matter.

"A few days ago, Zong Zheng submitted a letter, hoping to replace the governor with the governor and put an end to the local chaos. After hearing this, the prince proposed a policy to reform the governor in order to put an end to the chaos, so that all the ministers would know about it. We must not hide our words to point out the shortcomings, and we must make a decision today. What policies will be implemented next?”

After Emperor Ling said this, he asked Zhang Rang to read the final and complete version of the memorial.

Should we reform the governor or abolish the governor and establish animal husbandry?

Careful people are already thinking about whether to persuade him to establish the crown prince again.

Most of the original supporters of abolishing Shili Mu were shaken, either because of Liu Bian's identity or because of the content of the memorial.

Compared with the previous internal meetings of San Gong, the current atmosphere is not harmonious.

Especially for Liu Yan, the advocate of abolishing Shili Mu.

Thanks to the previous improvements, Liu Yan could not find any major faults with the provincial governor's reform except for the complications. He had no choice but to recall the advantages of Chenzhou Mu, and also talked about local corruption, as if Feizhou Mu could not control it, and his expression was simply heartbreaking.

Liu Bian was almost moved by him.

The attendant Dong Fu also fully supported Liu Yan.

In Liu Bian's impression, it seemed that it was Dong Fu who told Liu Yan that Yizhou had the spirit of an emperor. Looking at his gray hair, Liu Bian felt that it was time for him to go home and retire.

Yuan Wei initially clearly supported the restoration of state animal husbandry, but now he also supports the reform.

Foresighted people have noticed that the future of the newly added supervisory posts under the governor's office and the increased rank of soldiers and officers, especially the supervisory posts, is promising.

Moreover, nearly a hundred brand new Six Hundred Stones were added at once, as well as the corresponding assistants.

Those with high official positions are already considering finding people to recommend each other's sons and nephews to serve as supervisors.

Those who came from local wealthy families were determined to send letters home as soon as possible after the court meeting. Someone in the family must serve as an assistant to oversee the situation!

For example, Yang Xu, a rare person who did not care about self-interest, also clearly realized the role of supervision in curbing corruption and lawlessness among local officials, and clearly supported the reform of the governorship.

In the end, the reform of the governor was passed as expected.

After it was passed, Yang Xu immediately admonished Emperor Ling: "Your Majesty, after this reform, the power of the governor will be even greater. If there were those who used money to obtain the governor, they should be punished!"

Yang Xu makes a clear distinction between spending money to get an official position and paying money after getting an official position.

Strictly speaking, in order to become this court captain, he even paid for a winter coat! Although it's a little broken, it's thick and can easily be sold for a few hundred dollars.

Emperor Ling still had a bit of a contractual spirit in doing business. He was too embarrassed to say that he would be dismissed directly. Instead, he sent people to investigate whether these governors had committed corruption and defrauded the people. If so, they would be removed from office on the spot.

(End of this chapter)